CórdoBAM

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Sadly, I don't have all that much to say about the wonderful city of Córdoba because due to my limited time left (and a few extra days spent elsewhere) I only had one day in Argentina's second-largest city.

One of the great things about the city is that the sights are all very viewable in a day's walk. Concretrated in the center, Córdoba is a bastion of colonial architecture (and related history)--cathedrals, basilicas, convents, universities and more. Beyond that, it has two art museums that, while not extremely expansive, give a good survey of cordobé art, past and present. Another interesting sight is the Jesuit Crypts, a relatively new attraction. Built in the beginning the 18th century, they were abandoned when the Jesuits were expelled from Argentina and eventually destroyed in 1829 when the city decided to expand the avenue above them. They were rediscovered in 1989 when Telecom (a big Argentine phone company) was laying cables in the area and have since been beautifully restored and are now used for art exhibits and musical and theatrical performance.

As an interesting mix with "all that old stuff," Córdoba is also the major student center of Argentina, with seven universities. The neighborhood of Nueva Córdoba is where the vast majority of them live and live. The place is filled with bars, and on the weekends (I'm told) it's sometimes hard to even walk down the streets with so many people packing the streets.

One nice treat of my visit to Córdoba was getting to see friend from UGA Andrew and his girlfriend Chloe who are now living there for at least a few months. We had always said we'd meet up sometime in South America, and well, it finally happened. Quite crazy when you really think about it.

I wish I had more time to spend in the city because it seemed like a genuinely fun, interesting place, but like I said, I had to be pushing on . . .

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Photos

El patio
Looking out into the courtyard of the Museo Histórico Provincial Marqués de Sobremonte, once the 18th-century home of Rafael Núñez, colonial governor of Córdoba

Linda
La Iglesia de Santa Teresa

Mixed media
The Iglesia Catedral was started in 1577 but took over two centuries to complete and, as a result, has a very odd mix of archiectural styles from bottom to top but is nonetheless beautiful inside and out.

Forget something?
It may seem like architects of the Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de los Capuchinos forgot one major thing when they built it, but in fact, the steeple was purposely omitted . . . to symbolize human imperfection. Right. I think they just forgot.

Blanco y negro
Another artsty photo from one of the patios of the Museo Histórico

A living idiomatic phrase . . .
"The blind leading the blind." I couldn't resist snapping a photo of this. Plus, it's not like they saw me do it.

Comments

[Mav]

wow
you're going to hell for that comment about the blind. but it's totally worth it. that's hilarious.

[MonkeyBoy]

That one was for you, buddy.